The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-17

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Chewing tobacco is sometimes
prepared by soaking the leaf in cheap
rum and molasses, with the addition
of ammonia and nitre. Some un-
principled manufacturers, it has been
said, first soak the leaf in urine, and
afterwards in molasses water, &C. A
kind of brown wrapping paper, made
especially for the purpose in New
York, is largely used for cigar wrap
pers. After coming from the mill
the paper is saturated with juice
pressed from tobacco stems and other
ofal. Then it is rolled through a
machine which gives to it the ap'
pearance of the tobacco leaf, the pc
culiar spots being printed on it as on
calico. When this paper is so pre-.
pared is interlapped with broken
leaves of tobacco, detection is almost
impossible. Havana cigarmakers
use this paper in great quantities.
Some cargoes from New York con.
signed to Havana figure up 5000
reans, and some as high as 10000
reams of these prepared cigar wrap
pers.
1t is a well-known fact that cigar
cites are adulterated to fearful ex.
tent. Comparatively harmless
drugs, such as. columbia and gentian,
are sometimes used in their manufac-
ture; but frequently opium and vale.
rian are to be found in them. forming.
with the nicotine Of the tobacco, a
highly poisonous and dangerous com.
pound. 1t is no uncommon practice
for young men who habitually smoke
cigarettes to consume from eight to
twelve an hour, and to keep this up
for four or FIVE hours daily. If
strong drink is Staying its thousands
every year, are not these abominable
cigarettes sowing seeds Of disease
and premature death, and undermin-
ing the constitutions, and lowering
the moral tone of tens Of thousands
Of the boys and youth of our land?
Tobacco contains from two to eight
per cent. of nicotine, and is the
great antsgonis, of the nervous sys-
tenn. In rare instances tobacco may
be useful, as in poultices, as q rene.
dy for tootbache, &c. BY the habit
ual use of tobacco, however, the teeth
are destroyed both by chemical and
mecbanical action. Smoking accel.
crates the pulse and slightly elevates
the temperature. To the inebriate it
would seem thatth use of tobacco is
prolific source Of delirium tremens,
as previous to- the discovery of the
plant, in the year 1860, the records
show no case of mania petu. Tie
habitual use of tobacco tends to pro-
duce depression Of spirits, melan-
choly and dependency, the reaction
after the over excitement of the ner
vous system; while heartburn, dys-
pepsla, a disposition TO diarrhea or
costiycness, palpitation OF the heart,
irritability, and loss of memory usu.
ally follow.
Thirty eight boys, from nine to
fifteen years OF age, in the habit OF
using tobacco, were placed in charge
of DR.. G.. Decaisne. From his re.
port it appears that 27 cases out of
the SO cases the effects were very
marked; % suffered from disturb
ance of the blood, palpit:tiou of the
heart, deficiencies Of the digestion,
slugglshness of intellect, and crav.
ing more or less Tor alcoholic stimu-
lants. In 13 cases there was an in
termittent pulse; II suffered from
frequent bleeding from the nose; 10
complained of agitated sleep and
nightmare, and 4 had liberated
mouths. Out of il induced to stop
6 were completely restored to natu-
raj health after six months, the 9th.
ers suffering slightly for a year.
Treatmet with iron and quinine gave
no satisfactory results. The fact was
clearly demonstrated that, in order
to the enjoyment of normal health,
tobacco must be let alone.
That the effects of tobacco on the
human system, especially during the
growing and developing period of
life, are Injurious, physicians, with
few exceptions, are perfectly agreed.
DR.. Hardwicke, after long observa.
tion, says he thinks no one who
smokes is perfectly healthy. Tie
late DR.. Twitchell, of New Hamp.
shire, expressed the opinion that to.
bacco is doing worse injury to the
physical character of the present
generation than alcohol. DR.. Na-
than Allen, a distinguished medical
writer, sums up the evil effects OF to.
bacco as follows: "Hsving made for
many years a specially of the study
of the laws of health and disease, l
consider this (tobacco) one of the
greatest evils Of the present day.
Language cannot describe the terri
BILE effects which tobacco produces
upon body and mind. 1t perverts
the taste, impairs mental capacity,
corrupts moral sense and stimulates
the animal nature. But its PERM.
cious effects are not confined to the
present generation, nor to this life.
Its dreadful evils, through the laws
of inheritance, extend to offspring,
even to the second, third and fourth
generation" Numerous other au.
thorities might be cited to the same
effect, were it necessary.
Benjamin Franklin once said: 81
never saw q we'll man, in the exercise
of common eense, who would say
that tobacco did him any good. :"
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